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Dan Swangard knows what death looks like.<p>As a physician, he has seen patients die in hospitals, hooked to morphine drips and overcome with anxiety. He has watched death drag on for weeks or months as terrified relatives stand by helplessly.<p>Recently, however, his thoughts about how seriously ill people die have become personal. Swangard was diagnosed in 2013 with a rare form of metastatic cancer.<p>To remove the cancer, surgeons took out parts of his pancreas and liver, as well as his entire spleen and gallbladder.Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:23:00 +0000editor48430 at http://tpr.orgDoctors With Cancer Push California To Allow Aid In DyingThe Source: Tuberculosis, The Second Largest Disease Killer In Worldhttp://tpr.org/post/source-tuberculosis-second-largest-disease-killer-world
<p>Tuberculosis (TB) is not commonly thought of in Texas or the US., but it killed <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/" target="_blank">1.3 million people</a> in the world last year and ranks second only to HIV/AIDS in death by a single infectious disease.</p><p>The TB death rate declined 45 percent from 1990 to 2012, according to the World Health Organization, but in later years that decline has slowed.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">A single cough can infect and drug-resistant strains have been found in every country on the planet. </span></p>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:00:28 +0000Paul Flahive 28811 at http://tpr.orgThe Source: Tuberculosis, The Second Largest Disease Killer In WorldThe Source: Evolving Opinions On End Of Life In America | Informing The Newshttp://tpr.org/post/source-evolving-opinions-end-life-america-informing-news
<p><strong>In the first segment:&nbsp;</strong></p><p></p><p>A <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2013/11/21/views-on-end-of-life-medical-treatments/" target="_blank">recent poll</a> from the Pew research center focused on the how Americans think about end-of-life medical treatments. Should doctors always try and keep patients alive? Or should people be allowed to die in certain circumstances?&nbsp;</p><p>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:34:39 +0000Paul Flahive 23598 at http://tpr.orgThe Source: Evolving Opinions On End Of Life In America | Informing The News